Clothes-pin.



A. F. MASCELLINO.

CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24. 1917.

1,275,582. Patented Aug. 13', 1918.

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' To all whom it may concern I line.

Be it known that I, AnoLPia F. Masonu. LING, a citiien of the Kingdom ofItaly, re-

siding at North Ber 11, in the county of Hudson and State 0 New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improve- -ments in Clothes-Pins, ofwhich the followis a specification.

i invention relates'to clothes pin sand more particularly to a clothespin with the means-for fastening the pin on a ,clothes One of the mainobjects of the invention is' to provide a clothes pin having means forfastenin the same on a line, and provided with in ependent means for holthe ar-' ticle of clothing. A still further ob ect is to provide a'clothes'pin'especially adapted for heavy articles of cloth I soconstructed as to increase the grip of the hol means on the holdingunusually article in accordance with e increase; in the force, tendingto withdraw the article from the gripping means. A further object is to'rovide a pin of the character geroduced at relatively. 7

stated whic be small cost and "may" used in connection with a clothesline loflstandard construction.

Another object is to provide a pin in which the means for gripping andholding the an ticles of clothing is also adapted to prevent completeaccidental removal of the infrom the clothes line. Further objects wi yappear from the detailed description.

In the drawings, Figure .1 is a front view of a clothes pin. constructedin accordance with my invention Fig. 2 is a side View, and Fig. 3 is asection taken on line 33 of 1.

The body 1 of the pin is carved from wood and is provided with theintegral head 2. This body is centrally slotted to provide thedownwardly extending parallel arms ,3 and 4. At the upper end of centralslot 5 of the pin are mounted two opposed gripping springs 6 and 7.These springs are formed from properly tempered sheet material, theupper end of the springs being secured in the body of the pin, and thelower ends being turned outwardly so as to permit ready insertion of thesprings about a line indicated at 8 the intermediate portion of thesprings being slightly bowed or concave "12; means for securing articlesindependent of,

Specification jot Letters'Patent. I Patented Aug- 13,1918? use mSeptember 24,1917. Serlal Ro.192, 88 8.l 1

to grip the line securely. Thesesprings constitute a spring clip forsecuringthe pin on a clothes hne. T Arm 4 of thepin is tndinal slot 9.This s 0t receives "a securing dog 10 which is pivotallysecured thereinintermediate its ends by'a pivot. pin 1 11. The inner end of this dog10.is of-substantially tria lar shape to 'provide a gripping headwirespring 13 is secured in'the side rovided with .a longi- I bar "14 ofarm 5 The inner endof this 1 spring is rounded and isfioperativein 9.

groove 15 formed in the ;upper1face of dog 10. vS ring 13 acts to theinner portion 0 .the dog 10 downward soas to. bring the grippinghead '12into-engagement wit the gripping face of arm'3, the d stance from .-'thepivot p1n.11 to the inner end of the .dog

being somewhat greatergthan thedistance apart of the arms 3 and,4.}

In using thepin, it-is first secured on the line 8 by" means ofthe'spring grip formed by the members Sandi ,2 fterthis has been done',the article to be j 'suspe'nded from' the line, indicated by 161:.in FiI of the drawings, is inserted betweene head 12. of the dog from thepin, such'as frequently happens using pins of ordinary construction inwhich the article is confined between the pin and the clothes line sothat, when the article is subjected to'an unusual force, it pulls easilyfrom between the-pin and the line this causing the article to bedetached from the pin. In addition to serving to secure the article inthe pin, the dog 10 also serves as a gravity latch or closure member forthe lower portion of passage or slot 5 and efl'ectually preventsaccidental removal of the pin from line 8 in the event that the springs6 and 7 become disengaged from about the line By this construction, thearticle is tightly secured in the pin so as to eliminate all possiv '10and the inner face of arm 3, after wh1ch the article is released. 'YThe' head 12 serves to grip the article. tightly tral slot and spacedarms inclosing said slot,

bility of its becoming accidentally detachedtherefrom, and the in itselfis secured on the line so as not to therefrom.

What I claim is:

1. In clothes pins, a body having a cena securing grip secured in thebody at the upper end of the slot and adapted to engage I in; insertedbetween the same and the other about a clothes line so as to secure thethereon, and a securing member rocka mounted in one arm of the body andextending across the slot thereof so as to releasably grip an article tobe suspended between the inner end of said member and the other arm ofthe body.

2. In clothes pins, a body having a cenaccidentally removed memes tralslot and lateral arms inclosing the same, a spring secured in said bodyat the upper en '0 said slot and adapted to engage about a clothes line,a securing dog extending across the slot adjacent the lower end thereof,and means for normally forcing the inner end of said dog downwardly soas to tightly grip frictionally an article arm of the body.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

rockablymounted in one of said arms and ADOLPH F. MASGELLINO. I

v Witnesses ERNEST SUnTTERmN, CHAS. BRATWIESER.

